Well here's a small, slightly sad, update on Bassetts. Phoned them, wanted to send a gift shipment to Montreal, but was advised: no dice, they can't deal with Canadian customs to be sure it gets cleared same morning/day as arrival, so as to get it delivered same day before it melts. They can do like Seattle or Wyoming next day ex Philly, but not our NAFTA partner a couple of hundred miles away from them; so sad. BUMMER. But I get their reticence; who would want to consign precious frozen dairy product to a still foreign customs bureaucracy that would probably need to months to approve the paperwork and send it out for delivery.

Heads up to all you Delaware Valley/Eastern Canada entrepreneurs: this brilliant domestic family company probably just needs a capable agent/customs rep to smooth out these obstacles and help them grow. Will someone reading this hopefully find a way to MAKE THIS HAPPEN. I love Bassetts, can still taste their banana and rum raisin et al many years after the fact, and our Northern neighbors in Quebec and Ontario and beyond in Canada should be a grand market for this USA company, and enrich their own tables in the process...